There’s a bonobo named Kanzi who has learned to build a campfire and cook his own food.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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The oldest known animal in the world was 'Ming' the 405 year old clam, discovered in 2007.
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The elephant shrew’s closest relative isn’t a shrew — it’s actually an elephant
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The octopus does not have a blind spot.
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Tigers, leopards, and jaguars love "Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men". The scent is used to attract animals to cameras in the wilderness, and was even a turn on for one pair of Jaguars who were subject to it.
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Using a remote-controlled camera, biologists caught dolphins getting high by sucking on puffer fish. They were even caught passing the puffer fish around.
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